phlegein, = to burn;
phlegma, = inflammation.
phlegma, = a clammy humour of the body; phlegm;
oura, = of the tail;
-urus, = -tailed, i.e. with an elongated or tail-like appendage.
(a reference to the fertile part of these plants that are in the form of a long tail) (LS, ld, BL, I21)
Phlegmariurus gnidioides (La) Green Snakes (Vo) Hard Clubmoss, Harde Wolfsklou (Ro) Location: (F)
gnidia, = the genus Gnidia (q.v.);
ōidēs, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(refers to the imbricate, GNIDIA like, leaves) (BL, Ro)